The new 18 titles to choose from after buying a new Blu-ray Disc player (Source: bluraysavings.com)

New Blu-ray Disc player owners will still get five free movies

Mid-summer, the Blu-ray Disc Association launched a
promotion where new owners of Blu-ray Disc machines could mail-in for five free movies.
The original offer, which stretched from July 1 to September 30, represented a
strong incentive for those on the fence of a high-definition decision.

With the original offer expired, it took the Blu-ray Disc
camp just days to cook up another similar incentive for consumers to buy into
their brand of high-definition. The renewed offer mirrors the previous one but
with extended dates and an updated movie selection.

The promotion still includes the PlayStation 3, and now runs
between October 1, 2007 and January 31, 2008. Those who qualify will be able to
choose five free Blu-ray movies from among 18 titles offered by the six
participating movie studios.

The 18 titles offered via mail-in redemption are: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black
Pearl, Wild Hogs, American Psycho, Chain Reaction, The Devil's Rejects, Flight
of the Phoenix, Full Metal Jacket, Hart's War, The Last Waltz, Omen 666, The
Patriot, The Prestige, Species, Stir of Echoes, Superman: The Movie, SWAT,
Swordfish and Ultraviolet.

The offer extends to U.S. and Canadian consumers, whom may
find printable versions of the mail-in form at bluraysavings.com.

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I don't know why they insist on splitting these up into groups to choose from. For those who do not click links, here is the split of categorys that you choose from:

1: The Prestige, Wild Hogs, or Pirates: Curse2: Swordfish, Superman, or Full Metal Jacket3: Stir of Echoes, American Psycho, or Devil's Rejects4: The Patriot, S.W.A.T., or Ultraviolet5: Chain Reaction, Omen 666, Flight of the Pheonix, Species, Hart's War, or The Last Waltz

Each category is pretty easy to pick from for me, but if I had my choice of any of the 18 together, 3 and 5 would not see any love from me. Hopefully the $399 PS3 comes to light next week as rumored.

Yea, HD DVD does the same category mixing but atleast there was one decent title in each category, but on 1 or 2 of the categories there was just 1 decent title. I dunno, maybe it's cheaper this way due to some statistical idea of what sells best and whatnot.

free movies will not make my buy one of your players. Price is what makes people buy. Look how fast amazon sold their HD-DVDs when the price dropped and had the deals with it.

Price sells, not free movies that most would not have bought in the first place. And right now HD-DVD has the best price point. With rumors that wal-mart will have their own cheapy HD-DVD player in their stores at even a much lower price will not help Sony this holiday season.

on the contrary, there will always be people who jump at the mention of "FREE *insert random junk*".

personally I found it hard to choose a full 5 movies from that list that appealed to me, but to some people, it's like "wait...so assuming it's $20 a BD disc...I'm getting like $100 worth of stuff!!! YAY!!!"

It might not be the smartest way of thinking about it, but that sort of marketing has always worked to a certain degree.

With all bashing and fanboys aside, this is a good deal for an average consumer. No matter how you slice it, getting a $100+ discount is nice whether is be free items, rebate, or general discount.Blu-Ray is a nice format and to have 5 free movies to show off the clarity, features, etc it just makes the deal much sweeter for a consumer.

quote: With all bashing and fanboys aside, this is a good deal for an average consumer. No matter how you slice it, getting a $100+ discount is nice whether is be free items, rebate, or general discount.

How exactly is getting $100 off of $100 item that you don't want anyway a good deal? Tell you what, I'll sell you a pile of crap for $50 and give you a $50 rebate. That's a great deal! I'll be back in a few minutes with your free "product."

It'd be nice if I could use the new movie list w/ the old promotion. I still haven't mailed in for my 5 movies (last time I read it I had until the 31st of October to send it in), but these movies are better than the previous selection, even if they're still not all that great.

I wonder if this promotion was extended in part (rather than solely because of) the rumored 40GB PS3 ?

I mean, if I was a consumer who was interested in buying a PS3 this October and realized that I'd just missed the free movie deal, I'd have at least wished that Sony didn't wait so long.

However, with the extension these latecomers will get nearly the same treatment as those who came before and there will be fewer ill will towards Sony (regardless of whether it would have been deserved or not).

a coworker of mine sent in his paperwork about 2 weeks after the price drop on the 60GB model (US). He just got a card this week saying that the discs wouldn't be shipped until November. Anyone else get something similar?

Sounds like I'll be waiting a while for mine, as I just sent it in yesterday...not that I'm dying to see any of the titles they offered anyway.

Its spelled "compensate". Im for HD-DVD and I did enjoy the Transformers movie, but perhaps you should be practicing your grammar and reading a dictionary, instead of watching the movie. Belittling people only works when one of the two sides is not a dumbass.

I doubt they're trying to compensete for any single movie. They're just matching the promotion that HD DVD has. People have different tastes, and personally I'd rather have Spiderman 3 than Transformers. Having both on the same format would of course be better, but that's not gonna happen.

Poor sony still trying to goose sales for PS3 buy bribing with BR movies. Why would I blow more money on a overly expensive next gen DVD when I can wait another year and get a good player and 5 movies I really want for the same price of a format I can be sure will be around in 5 years.

Sure things look better with BR and HD-DVD, but my upscale DVD looks good enough already on my 52" HDTV. I can afford to wait another year while Toshiba and SOny duke this silly thing out. No winners here as we are all sitting waiting and waiting and waiting.

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